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Heat Illness in the Workplace: How to Protect Your Company From Liability and OSHA Enforcement on May 11, 2022.

It’s finally here.

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes...

After escaping from a partial trench collapse hours earlier, two workers employed by an Austin contractor to install a residential wastewater line were not as fortunate later on Oct. 23, 2021.

Last week, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a new National Emphasis Program for workplace heat stress risks. The program will involve...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced a National Emphasis Program (NEP) focused on heat hazards, effective April 8, 2022. Under the NEP, OSHA will be...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced a National Emphasis Program (NEP) focused on heat hazards, effective April 8, 2022.

April 14 was a positive day for workers as Democratic President Joe Biden ordered federal agencies to stay neutral in union organizing among the nation’s two million federal workers, and Vice President Kamala Harris announced OSHA would tackle the health hazard of high heat.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has a new enforcement initiative that will target one of the agency’s top priorities after the appearance of COVID-19: indoor...

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA new enforcement initiative that will target one of the agency’s top priorities after the appearance of COVID-19: indoor and outdoor heat-related workplace hazards. National Emphasis Program NEP covers 70 high risk industries